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Innovative and influential jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader Woody Shaw Jr is struck by a subway car in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. His arm is severed and he will die two months later from complications.
The A case brought by the Rock Against Racism organisation, challenging New York City, USA's attempts to control noise levels at concerts in Central Park’s Naumberg Bandshell, is heard in the US Supreme Court. In due course, the court will decide that controlling noise levels at such venues does not violate the free speech rights of performers.